The Doppler interpretation of Rømer's method

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Jun 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991amjph..59..515b&link_type=abstract

American Journal of Physics, Volume 59, Issue 6, pp. 515-519 (1991).

Physics

Determination Of Fundamental Constants, Eclipses, Transits, And Occultations, Jupiter, History Of Science

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Rømer's method for the determination of the speed of light, based on the observation of the immersions and emersions of Jupiter's satellites, can be interpreted in the spirit of the Doppler effect. Although this statement appears to be plausible, textbooks very seldom adopt this point of view. Granted the tabular value of the satellite's period, this interpretation permits one to determine the speed of light in about a week, as contrasted to half a year in the original method. It is suggested to include the measurement as a student experiment in the optics curriculum. Results of actual observations are given.

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